Musk Moves Tesla Shares With Cryptic Tweets on News to Come (1)

Feb. 27, 2019, 5:24 PM UTC

Elon Musk’s Twitter feed giveth, and Elon Musk’s Twitter feed taketh away.

After delivering a scare to Tesla Inc. shareholders late Feb. 25 by openly tussling with the Securities and Exchange Commission over his tweeting, the chief executive officer seemed to send the stock climbing with cryptic posts about news coming at 2 p.m. California time Feb. 28. A company spokesman declined to elaborate.

The vague posts are the latest proof Musk can craft tweets that move Tesla shares no matter how little detail they provide. The stock rose as much as 5.8 percent on Feb. 27, the biggest intraday ...

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